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Instruments & Innovation

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This digital collection features selected scientific instruments, apparatus, and analytical tools from the Institute's museum as well as photographs, rare-book engravings, and illustrations depicting various types of equipment and machinery found in laboratories, manufacturing plants, and mechanical treatises. Inventions from book wheels to fireballs can be found here, alongside more modern innovations such as Gammacells and Geiger counters.

General view of Dearborn Chemical Company employee E.P. Fager comparing the color of two solutions during a water sample field test. Assorted glassware and a Dearborn portable testing cabinet are visible on the table.…

Close-up view of employee Charles Andrew at work in the Dearborn Chemical Company's 35th Street laboratory facility and manufacturing plant. Founded in 1887, the Dearborn Chemical Company was a corporate ancestor of…

General view of employee Charles Andrew operating a rolling machine at the Dearborn Chemical Company's 35th Street laboratory facility and manufacturing plant. Founded in 1887, the Dearborn Chemical Company was a…

General view of several employees conducting water analysis tests at the Dearborn Chemical Company's 35th Street laboratory and manufacturing facility located in Chicago, Illinois. The employees visible in the…

General view of several employees at work in the Dearborn Chemical Company's 35th Street laboratory and manufacturing facility located in Chicago, Illinois. The three employees visible in the foreground are identified…

General view of employee James Nelson at work in the Dearborn Chemical Company's 35th Street Laboratory facility and manufacturing plant. An assortment of beakers and laboratory apparatus are visible on the work bench.…

General view of employee E.L. Konigsmark recording water samples sent to the Dearborn Chemical Company's 35th Street Laboratory facility and manufacturing plant for analysis. Founded in 1887, the Dearborn Chemical…

General view of employee Ted Slisz at work in the Dearborn Chemical Company's 35th Street Laboratory facility and manufacturing plant. An assortment of beakers is visible on the work bench. Founded in 1887, the Dearborn…

General view of employee Anton H.R. Noreen conducting an analysis of coal samples at the Dearborn Chemical Company's 35th Street laboratory and manufacturing facility located in Chicago, Illinois. Founded in 1887, the…

General view of employee Anton H.R. Noreen preparing samples for testing at the Dearborn Chemical Company's 35th Street laboratory and manufacturing facility located in Chicago, Illinois. Founded in 1887, the Dearborn…

General view of a laboratory work bench at the Dearborn Chemical Company's 35th Street laboratory and manufacturing facility, with view of assorted glassware and scientific apparatus. The employee visible in the…

General view of employee Al Slisg conducting a water analysis test at the Dearborn Chemical Company's 35th Street laboratory and manufacturing facility located in Chicago, Illinois. Founded in 1887, the Dearborn…

General view of several employees conducting water analysis tests at the Dearborn Chemical Company's 35th Street laboratory and manufacturing facility located in Chicago, Illinois. The three employees visible in the…

General view of an unidentified employee at work in the Dearborn Chemical Company's 35th Street Laboratory facility and manufacturing plant. A variety of titration equipment and other scientific apparatus are visible on…

General view of two unidentified employees filling barrels at the Dearborn Chemical Company's 35th Street laboratory facility and manufacturing plant. Founded in 1887, the Dearborn Chemical Company was a corporate…

General view of two unidentified employees filling barrels at the Dearborn Chemical Company's 35th Street laboratory facility and manufacturing plant. Founded in 1887, the Dearborn Chemical Company was a corporate…

General view of two unidentified employees at work in a machine room at the Dearborn Chemical Company's 35th Street laboratory facility and manufacturing plant. Founded in 1887, the Dearborn Chemical Company was a…

General view of two unidentified employees at work in the Dearborn Chemical Company's 35th Street laboratory facility and manufacturing plant. Founded in 1887, the Dearborn Chemical Company was a corporate ancestor of…

General view of an unidentified employee at work in the Dearborn Chemical Company's 35th Street laboratory facility and manufacturing plant. Founded in 1887, the Dearborn Chemical Company was a corporate ancestor of…

General view of Dearborn Chemical Company employee C.B. Smith utilizing a concentration hydrometer during a water sample field test. Assorted glassware and a Dearborn portable testing cabinet are also visible on the…

General view of two unidentified men utilizing a Dearborn Chemical Company portable testing cabinet to conduct a water sample field test. Founded in 1887, the Dearborn Chemical Company was a corporate ancestor of…

General view of Dearborn Chemical Company engineer F.B. Horstmann utilizing a portable testing cabinet to conduct a water sample field test. A stamp on the verso of the photograph for "The Fensholt Company," a public…

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